Rep. Annette Glenn | Michigan House Republicans
Rep. Annette Glenn | Michigan House Republicans
Earlier this month, Rep. Annette Glenn (R-Midland) introduced legislation to provide Midland County and the city of Midland with funding of $6 million to deal with the damage from last month’s flood emergency.
House Bill 5843 would be financially supported by the Michigan State Police Disaster and Emergency Contingency Fund and would help with tree removal, sheltering, evacuations, chemical containment efforts, emergency protective measures, and repairing real estate and personal property. Glenn is the chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military & Veterans Affairs and State Police.
“In the days and weeks following the flooding, I’ve been working in Sanford and Midland, cleaning out houses, tearing out drywall, insulation and carpet,” the lawmaker said on the Michigan House Republicans website. “I’ve talked with hundreds of flood victims and heard their stories. My heart goes out to the thousands of families affected by these unimaginably devastating challenges.”
Midland, Saginaw and surrounding counties received up to 7 inches of rain. The flood caused local dams to give way and inundate homes and property, rendering thousands of mid-Michiganders, who were already reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, homeless.
Glenn has spoken to many of those affected and concluded that they would need all the monetary support they could get.
"As this measure makes its way through the legislative process, I look forward to working with Rep. Roger Hauck and Sen. Jim Stamas, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee,” the lawmaker said, according to Michigan House Republicans. “We’ve already had colleagues on both sides of the aisle in Lansing ask us how they can help, and I’m so proud to represent the people of this community and to witness the ways they’ve stepped up to help each other.”
Glenn’s legislation received support from U.S. Congressman John Moolenaar, a Republican. Glenn and Moolenaar acknowledged that $6 million may not be enough, but it would make a great starting point for the recovery process.
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